get in girlies, we're talking surveillance! we're talking the fantasy of automation propped up by humans! we're talking unfulfilled promises of tech to reduce household labour! we're talking funwashing of robots made for warfare!

New open access publication with Kim Toffoletti & Sarah Reddan. Online harm—whether direct, witnessed, verbal, and/or image-based—is a serious workplace issue with impacts on the wellbeing, performance and economic opportunities of professional athletes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

About 18 months ago I sent this letter, along with a copy of my book, to a number of MPs and peers, including Wes Streeting. I never got a response (which to be fair was my baseline expectation), but it’s still disheartening to see today’s news about Haidt’s invitation to speak to policymakers.

Grok is being weaponised to digitally remove clothing from women and children's photos and by restricted AI image-generation to paying users, they are effectively monetising the creation of child sexual abuse material and non-consensual deepfakes rather than stopping it.

📢 PhD Scholarship at QUT to join my DECRA project "Democratic Resilience Online: Strengthening Public Opinion Formation Amid Digital Threats" @qutdmrc.bsky.social 📅 Applications close: 13/03/2026 More info here: www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-a... Please share and reach out if you have questions!

rip to a.... one

Surely an antitrust issue, no? blog.google/company-news...

Louise Adler pulls no punches here and she is absolutely spot on. "The increasingly extreme and repressive efforts of pro-Israel lobbyists to stifle even the mildest criticism has had a chilling effect on free speech and democratic institutions." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Colleagues at the Open University of Catalonia are looking for 24(!!!!) doctoral candidates on a range of topics connected to ICT use. Check out the call for applications here: www.uoc.edu/portal/en/es...

The "smartphones/social media" discourse suffers from some amazing historical amnesia. There was no 2008 financial crisis and no global pandemic starting in 2020, it's all SCREENS SCREENS SCREENS. Major world events? Just the backdrop against which SCREENS happened.

In case you have never seen this.

NEW! Survey on experiences of romantic crushes, please share widely! The aim of this study is to investigate the romantic crush. Note that this is only for people currently residing in Australia who are 18+. Find out more and complete the survey at this link: q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...

Today the Federal Government has released their National AI Plan, the substance of which reflects a lack of desire to regulate Big Tech’s AI systems before they harm people. They had a great opportunity to regulate Big Tech, but their AI Plan has sold us, and our data, out to the AI companies.

FFS. This government's commitment to not upsetting business interests is astonishing and infuriating. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

new paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

‘It’s important that we tell our own stories’: how the Wicked movies are helping disability representation on screen

Proud to live in Victoria today. #alwayswasalwayswillbe www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

this fucking guy should’ve remained a pariah 25 years ago

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?

I'm currently looking to talk with renters who have used a digital portal / app to conduct their own routine rental inspection without the real estate agent coming to your house. This is sometimes called a 'Remote Inspection' If this is you, please get in touch!

Finally, some good news! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I have some bad news about violence against women in conservative circles. Utah is so proud of their low numbers and your numbers would be low too if you ignored reports

Linda Reynolds will be remembered for her character, which seems to consist of nothing but distilled, ossified spite.

Both Headspace and Project Rockit making the point that if the ban is about getting kids to go outside and socialise in person, a lot of in-person places for young people are taken away now. They're moved on, can't hang around shopping centres etc anymore.

Our jobs. Our culture. Our democracy. All up for grabs by emerging ‘AI’ technology. Our fun and interactive panel event will canvass the big questions and try to come up with a few answers. Come along to meet and mingle with people who care. Adelaide, you're first up! unisa.edu.au/connect...

i'm going to need someone to draw me a diagram of where and how all the trans panic loops back around to don jr getting implants

Finally, a Holy War I can join

And it happens so much earlier than you expect. My baby is 8 months and already yells at me when I take something away from him that he's using to hit me 🫠🥲

Necessary reminder that literally every digital media expert in the country have been saying exactly this since this whole sorry ordeal started. None of this is a surprise.

Australia's under-16s social media ban continues to look shonky as hell: www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

IT IS OF GREAT MORAL URGENCY THAT WE SEND THE SPIRIT OF TASMANIA TO GAZA

it really doesn’t matter if someone is in america illegally or not. who cares, grow up

Every day that this genocide continues is a shameful indictment on our government’s lack of compassion: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/re...

Really happy to see this paper out in the world. It’s open access so please read and share widely. The playshop method is great fun and elicited some wonderful responses about the future of ageing with and through data.

Fucking shameful.

This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years. from @404media.co www.404media.co/republicans-...

This was one of my favorite from this weekend

Just submitted a journal article with exactly 8000 words. Incredibly satisfying stuff 🙏

New publication day! @drkatringerber.bsky.social @micronarrative.bsky.social and I have a new open access paper out where we argue for the use of creative methods to explore how older adults practice mundane informal digital care. www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14...

Join us for a FREE online event: TikTok + Grief on 10th March 2025 - We have a stellar line-up of international speakers. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/tiktok-gri... #grief #tiktok #rmituniversity #bereavement #loss #mourning #share @micronarrative.bsky.social

It's #DataPrivacyDay! The right to privacy is essential to other fundamental human rights. It enables freedom of speech, expression, and association. Without privacy, our democracy crumbles.

These content moderation changes signal that you'll find a home on Meta's platforms if you are a peddler of hateful content. Our Chair Lizzie O'Shea appeared on ABC's 730 report to discuss the impacts of Meta's decision to cut fact checking: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

We need an article on Jonathan Haidt vs social media researchers and/or proponents of teen social media bans vs people who do research with teens about social media.

The symbolic violence and regressive effort to erase and marginalise queer, trans, and nb people here is abhorent. This will embolden bigots. BUT queer people do exist, thrive, love/are loved, and we'll continue to find + build spaces to connect, depsite these efforts of Zuckerberg and his MAGA ilk.

There's a lot of queer museums analysis that hasn't asked people what they think (incl. from us!)... so we decided we should! PhD candidate Alana Blakers and the Saving Lives team (ARC funded) is asking YOU (whoever you are) what you think of queerness in museums! mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Yay new publication day! Last year, Larissa Hjorth, Peta Murray and I looked into older adults' animal pet image sharing practices. We found while there are myriad reasons, many of them revolve around kinship. Paper is open access so please share and cite widely: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I’m having a stroke.

Also vaccinate yourself before you come anywhere near my baby please and thank you 🙏